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To All the Craft We've Known Before
400,000 Visitors to Mars…and Counting Liftoff! A Fly’s-Eye View “Spacers”Are Doing it for Themselves September/October/November 2003 $4.95 to all the craft we’ve known before... 23rd International Space Development Conference ISDC 2004 “Settling the Space Frontier” Presented by the National Space Society May 27-31, 2004 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Location: Clarion Meridian Hotel & Convention Center 737 S. Meridian, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 (405) 942-8511 Room rate: $65 + tax, 1-4 people Planned Programming Tracks Include: Spaceport Issues Symposium • Space Education Symposium • “Space 101” Advanced Propulsion & Technology • Space Health & Biology • Commercial Space/Financing Space Space & National Defense • Frontier America & the Space Frontier • Solar System Resources Space Advocacy & Chapter Projects • Space Law and Policy Planned Tours include: Cosmosphere Space Museum, Hutchinson, KS (all day Thursday, May 27), with Max Ary Oklahoma Spaceport, courtesy of Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority Oklahoma City National Memorial (Murrah Building bombing memorial) Omniplex Museum Complex (includes planetarium, space & science museums) Look for updates on line at www.nss.org or www.nsschapters.org starting in the fall of 2003. detach here ISDC 2004 Advance Registration Form Return this form with your payment to: National Space Society-ISDC 2004, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., Suite 201, Washington DC 20003 Adults: #______ x $______.___ Seniors/Students: #______ x $______.___ Voluntary contribution to help fund 2004 awards $______.___ Adult rates (one banquet included): $90 by 12/31/03; $125 by 5/1/04; $150 at the door. Seniors(65+)/Students (one banquet included): $80 by 12/31/03; $100 by 5/1/04; $125 at the door. -
Retail Fact Sheet
Retail ABOUT THE INDUSTRY TOP SELLING POINTS The Retail Trade Industry is made up of various companies engaging in retail- • Hutchinson is in a unique geographic position to capture a large custom- ing merchandise and providing services directly correlated to the sale of mer- er base with minimal competition and reduce leakage to Wichita. chandise. In the distribution process, retailing is the final step - the step that • There is an opportunity to capture large amounts of visitor throughput puts goods into the hands of consumers. The industry is made up of two types from attractions such as the Kansas State Fair, the Cosmosphere, and of retailers: store and non-store. Store retailing in its basic form is exemplified Strataca. in Dillons, Walmart, or Ace Hardware. Whereas non-store retailer, for exam- • Hutchinson has favorable demographics and demand for over 324,000 ple, uses selling methods such as infomercials, newspaper advertisements, square feet of supportable retail. door to door selling, etc. Average earnings within the Retail Trade fall around • Hutchinson has a number of underserved categories that align with lo- $42,953 for full-time employees at the national level. cational and operational needs of many national and regional retailers. WHY HUTCHINSON? RETAIL QUICK FACTS Despite the “Amazon effect”, retail trade in Hutchinson has more than 3,826 • Hutchinson’s retail trade area (PTA) extends over 35 minutes or 21 miles. retail employees and a net surplus of retail sales. Wichita is Hutchinson’s larg- • Over 50% of the PTA is regional/outside of the city. est competitive market, as the primary trade area shows that these markets • The PTA contains 82,354 people with a retail purchasing power of over compete for the same customer base. -
Historian Corner
Historian Corner - Low Earth Orbit (roughly circular orbit) By Barb Sande - Perigee: 537.0 km (333.7 miles) [email protected] - Apogee: 540.9 km (336.1 miles) - Inclination: 28.47 degrees - Period: 95.42 minutes ANNOUNCEMENT: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! HST Mission: th The Titan Panel Discussion in honor of the 15 - On-going optical (near-infrared to UV wavelength) anniversary of the end of the program has been astronomical observations of the universe scheduled for Thursday, October 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 - End of HST mission estimated to be 2030-2040 pm MDT via a Zoom teleconference (virtual panel). - Estimated costs of the HST program (including There are ten volunteers currently enlisted to participate replacement instruments and five servicing missions) in the panel, including Norm Fox, Bob Hansen, Ken = ~ $10 billion – does not include on-going science Zitek, Ralph Mueller, Larry Perkins, Dave Giere, Dennis Connection to Lockheed Martin: Brown, Jack Kimpton, Fred Luhmann, and Samuel - Lockheed Sunnyvale built and integrated the main Lukens. If you want to call into the panel discussion to HST spacecraft and systems hear the roundtable, please RSVP to me at the email - Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin provided six above (emails only for RSVP, no phone calls). There are external tanks and associated subsystems for the limitations to Zoom attendance for meetings. The shuttle launches supporting the HST program. details of the meeting will be emailed to the attendees - at a later date (Zoom link). Program Profile This 2020 Q3 issue profiles the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in honor of its 30th anniversary in orbit. -
Honors Alum and Astronaut Hawley Shares Space Shuttle Experiences
Winter 2010-2011 Hthe onO read A newsletter for alumni, students and friends of the University of Kansas Honors Program From the Director t this time of year, Ait is traditional to give thanks for the gifts life has brought us. I am so grateful to be able to spend my days surrounded by bright, motivated and energetic young people. The students in KU’s Honors Program never cease to amaze and move me with their ideas as well as their ideals, and their commit - ment to making a difference in the world. The staff and faculty are dedicated to creating an environment in which these individuals can be nurtured and thrive. Our goal is to provide a set of transfor - mational experiences that are tailored to n a each student’s unique interests and tal - g i l l ents. For some, working closely with a u M y l faculty member on research is that trans - i m formative experience. For others, it’s E Megan McDonald and Steve Hawley talk following his Alumni Lecture spending a semester abroad or engaging in significant service to the community. And for many, it’s all of these things and more. It is a great pleasure to watch these students transform from tentative first- year students to supremely confident and Honors alum and astronaut competent seniors and know the Univer - sity Honors Program played a significant Hawley shares Space role in that transformation. There are many other things to be Shuttle experiences grateful for including our new class of teven Hawley, University Honors Program alumnus and KU professor of physics first-year students. -
Chandra Booklet
Chandra X-Ray Observatory What is Chandra? Chandra is the third of NASA’s Great Observatories along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope. It is the largest and most sophisticated X-ray observatory ever constructed. After it is launched into orbit around Earth, Chandra will be able to detect X-ray sources that are billions of light years away and produce images twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. Chandra’s focusing power is equivalent to the ability to read the headline of a newspaper at a distance of half a mile! Mission Specifications Size: 45.3 ft x 64.0 ft Antennas: two low-gain, conical log (solar arrays deployed) spiral antennas Weight: 10,560 pounds Frequencies: transmit 2250 MHz, receive 2071.8 MHz Orbit: 6,200 x 86,000 miles Command Link: 2 kilobits per second (kbps) 28.5 deg. inclination Ascending node: 200 degrees Data Recording: solid state recorder; 1.8 gigabits (16.8 hrs) recording capability Argument of perigee: 270 degrees Downlink: downloaded typically every Operations: eight hours Life: minimum 5 years Contingency Mode: 23 kbps Power: two 3-panel silicon solar arrays (2350W) Safing: autonomous operation three 40 amp-hour nickel hydrogen batteries The Chandra Launch - STS 93 Astronaut Crew The Chandra Observatory will be carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Columbia, on shuttle mission STS 93. The space shuttle commander for this mission will be Col. Eileen Collins, USAF, NASA. Colonel Collins will be the first woman to command a space shuttle mission. The shuttle pilot will be Cmdr. -
Using Sedimentology to Address the Marine Or Continental Origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas
Sedimentology (2019) doi: 10.1111/sed.12665 Using sedimentology to address the marine or continental origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas ANNA SOFIA ANDESKIE and KATHLEEN C. BENISON Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506-6300, USA (E-mail: [email protected]) Associate Editor – Hairuo Qing ABSTRACT The Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of the Wellington Formation of the Sumner Group of Kansas (USA) has multiple scientific and industrial uses. Although this member is highly utilized, there has not been a sedimentologi- cal study on these rocks in over 50 years, and no study has investigated the full thickness of this member. Past publications have inferred a marine ori- gin as the depositional environment. Here, this marine interpretation is chal- lenged. The goals of this study are to fully document sedimentological and stratigraphic characteristics of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member in the Atomic Energy Commission Test Hole 2 core from Rice County, Kansas. This study documents colour, mineralogy, sedimentary textures, sedimentary structures, diagenetic features and stratigraphic contacts in core slab and thin sections. The Hutchinson Salt Member is composed of five lithologies: bedded halite, siliciclastic mudstone, displacive halite, bedded gypsum/ anhydrite and displacive gypsum/anhydrite. These lithologies formed in shallow surface brines and mudflats that underwent periods of flooding, evapoconcentration and desiccation. Of note are the paucity of carbonates, lack of marine-diagnostic fossils, absence of characteristic marine minerals and lithofacies, and the stratigraphic context of the Hutchinson with associ- ated continental deposits. The Hutchinson Salt Member was most likely deposited in an arid continental setting. -
Appendix Program Managers/Acknowledgments
Flight Information Appendix Program Managers/Acknowledgments Selected Readings Acronyms Contributors’ Biographies Index Image of a Legac y—The Final Re-entry Appendix 517 Flight Information Approx. Orbiter Enterprise STS Flight No. Orbiter Crew Launch Mission Approach and Landing Test Flights and Crew Patch Name Members Date Days 1 Columbia John Young (Cdr) 4/12/1981 2 Robert Crippen (Plt) Captive-Active Flights— High-speed taxi tests that proved the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, mated to Enterprise, could steer and brake with the Orbiter perched 2 Columbia Joe Engle (Cdr) 11/12/1981 2 on top of the airframe. These fights featured two-man crews. Richard Truly (Plt) Captive-Active Crew Test Mission Flight No. Members Date Length 1 Fred Haise (Cdr) 6/18/1977 55 min 46 s Gordon Fullerton (Plt) 2 Joseph Engle (Cdr) 6/28/1977 62 min 0 s 3 Columbia Jack Lousma (Cdr) 3/22/1982 8 Richard Truly (Plt) Gordon Fullerton (Plt) 3 Fred Haise (Cdr) 7/26/1977 59 min 53 s Gordon Fullerton (Plt) Free Flights— Flights during which Enterprise separated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and landed at the hands of a two-man crew. 4 Columbia Thomas Mattingly (Cdr) 6/27/1982 7 Free Flight No. Crew Test Mission Henry Hartsfield (Plt) Members Date Length 1 Fred Haise (Cdr) 8/12/1977 5 min 21 s Gordon Fullerton (Plt) 5 Columbia Vance Brand (Cdr) 11/11/1982 5 2 Joseph Engle (Cdr) 9/13/1977 5 min 28 s Robert Overmyer (Plt) Richard Truly (Plt) William Lenoir (MS) 3 Fred Haise (Cdr) 9/23/1977 5 min 34 s Joseph Allen (MS) Gordon Fullerton (Plt) 4 Joseph Engle (Cdr) 10/12/1977 2 min 34 s Richard Truly (Plt) 5 Fred Haise (Cdr) 10/26/1977 2 min 1 s 6 Challenger Paul Weitz (Cdr) 4/4/1983 5 Gordon Fullerton (Plt) Karol Bobko (Plt) Story Musgrave (MS) Donald Peterson (MS) The Space Shuttle Numbering System The first nine Space Shuttle flights were numbered in sequence from STS -1 to STS-9. -
Arthur C. Clarke 2001: a Space Odyssey
Volume 33, Issue 2 AIAAAIAA HoustonHouston SectionSection www.aiaa-houston.orgwww.aiaa-houston.org April 2008 Arthur C. Clarke 1917 - 2008 2001: A Space Odyssey - 40 Years Later Yesterday’s Tomorrow Artwork by Jon C. Rogers and Pat Rawlings AIAA Houston Horizons April 2008 Page 1 April 2008 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S From the Acting Editor 3 HOUSTON Chair’s Corner 4 2001: A Space Odyssey - 40 Years Later: Yesterday’s Tomorrow 5 Horizons is a quarterly publication of the Houston section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. International Space Activities Committee (ISAC) 14 Arthur C. Clarke: A Prophet Vindicated by Gregory Benford 16 Acting Editor: Douglas Yazell [email protected] Book Review (Subject: Ellington Field in Houston) & Staying Informed 18 Assistant Editors: Scholarship & Annual Technical Symposium (ATS 2008) 19 Jon Berndt Dr. Rattaya Yalamanchili Lunch-and-Learn Summary: Mars Rovers by Dr. Mark Adler/JPL 20 Don Kulba Robert Beremand Dinner Meeting Summary: John Frassanito & Associates 21 Lunch & Learn: Sailing the Space Station with Zero-Propellant Guidance 22 AIAA Houston Section Executive Council Membership 23 Chair: Douglas Yazell Inaugural Space Center Lecture Series: Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 24 Chair-Elect: Chad Brinkley Past Chair: Dr. Jayant Ramakrishnan Yuri’s Night Houston by AAS, co-sponsored by AIAA Houston Section 26 Secretary: Sarah Shull Constellation Earth, Michel Bonavitacola, AAAF , Toulouse, France 27 Treasurer: Tim Propp Calendar 30 JJ Johnson Sean Carter Cranium Cruncher and a Pre-College Event: Engineer for a Day 31 Vice-Chair, Vice-Chair, Operations Branch Technical Branch Odds and Ends: EAA Houston Chapter 12, James C. -
Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies
NASA Reflects America’s Changing Opportunities; Social, NASA Impacts US Culture Education: Inspiring Cultural, and Students as Only NASA Can Educational Legacies Social, Cultural, and Educational Legacies 459 NASA Reflects The Space Shuttle, which began flying in 1981 and ushered in an entirely new human spaceflight program, was a watershed for cultural diversity America’s within NASA and had substantial cultural impact outside the realm of Changing spaceflight. In the 1950s and 1960s, opportunities for American women and minorities were limited as they were often segregated into pink Opportunities; collar and menial jobs. NASA’s female and minority employees faced NASA Impacts similar obstacles. The Space Shuttle Program opened up opportunities US Culture for these groups—opportunities that did not exist during Projects Mercury and Gemini or the Apollo and Skylab Programs. NASA’s transformation was a direct consequence of a convergence of events Jennifer Ross-Nazzal Shannon Lucid that happened in the 1960s and 1970s and continued through the Helen Lane following 3 decades. These included: public policy changes instituted on the national level; the development of a spacecraft whose physical capabilities departed radically from the capsule concept; and an increase in the number of women and minorities holding degrees in the fields of science and engineering, making them attractive candidates for the space agency’s workforce. Over the course of the program, the agency’s demographics reflected this transformation: women and minorities were incorporated into the Astronaut Corps and other prominent technical and administrative positions. The impact of NASA’s longest-running program extends beyond these dramatic changes. -
2019 LB7 Salessheet.Ai
The Exhibit Includes • The historic Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft • Display with flown artifacts pulled from Liberty Bell 7 during restoration • A display case containing an authentic Mercury spacesuit, helmet, and gloves • Interpretation panels and images Requirements • Must have a minimum 8’ x 9’ opening into building and exhibit space; Liberty 1000 sq feet needed for optimal viewing. • Two 120v/20-amp standard circuits; power cords for each of the two powered cases are each 10 feet long. • Forklift for loading and unloading; rigging for placement other than ground level. Bell • Path to installation destination must be 8’ wide and free of stairs. • Two SpaceWorks technicians will provide onsite installation of Liberty Bell 7 Exhibition. The Peril • All costs associated with lease are the responsibility of the receiving institution, including transportation costs and installation costs. & Promise • Must provide proof of insurance. of Space • Must provide a storage space for crates and packing materials. Exploration Pricing • $15,000 per month Duration of Lease • Minimum: three months; maximum: 12 months • Available August 2019 “...The conquest of space Environmental Guidelines • Indoor exhibition with climate control • Temperature 68°, +/-5°; Relative Humidity 40%, +/-5% is worth the risk of life.” –Gus Grissom; NASA astronaut, Sponsorship Benefits • Website link in digital materials Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3 and Apollo 1 • Tagged in all Liberty Bell 7 traveling exhibit social media posts • Lead in news releases and media relations activities The Space Race and the ultimate United States’ • Prominent logo placement in display victory in reaching the Moon began with spacecraft • Participation at installation events wherever feasible designed for one human. -
NASA Symbols and Flags in the US Manned Space Program
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2007 #230 THE FLAG BULLETIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEXILLOLOGY www.flagresearchcenter.com 225 [email protected] THE FLAG BULLETIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEXILLOLOGY September-December 2007 No. 230 Volume XLVI, Nos. 5-6 FLAGS IN SPACE: NASA SYMBOLS AND FLAGS IN THE U.S. MANNED SPACE PROGRAM Anne M. Platoff 143-221 COVER PICTURES 222 INDEX 223-224 The Flag Bulletin is officially recognized by the International Federation of Vexillological Associations for the publication of scholarly articles relating to vexillology Art layout for this issue by Terri Malgieri Funding for addition of color pages and binding of this combined issue was provided by the University of California, Santa Barbara Library and by the University of California Research Grants for Librarians Program. The Flag Bulletin at the time of publication was behind schedule and therefore the references in the article to dates after December 2007 reflect events that occurred after that date but before the publication of this issue in 2010. © Copyright 2007 by the Flag Research Center; all rights reserved. Postmaster: Send address changes to THE FLAG BULLETIN, 3 Edgehill Rd., Winchester, Mass. 01890 U.S.A. THE FLAG BULLETIN (ISSN 0015-3370) is published bimonthly; the annual subscription rate is $68.00. Periodicals postage paid at Winchester. www.flagresearchcenter.com www.flagresearchcenter.com 141 [email protected] ANNE M. PLATOFF (Annie) is a librarian at the University of Cali- fornia, Santa Barbara Library. From 1989-1996 she was a contrac- tor employee at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. During this time she worked as an Information Specialist for the New Initiatives Of- fice and the Exploration Programs Office, and later as a Policy Ana- lyst for the Public Affairs Office. -
Gaston-Sheehan Space Auction Item Description of Ary.Pages
Space Auction Item Descriptions 1. Apollo 17 Beta Cloth Mission Patch, Autographed by Crew - Flown, Apollo 17: This Apollo 17 Beta-cloth mission patch was signed by all three members of the Apollo 17 crew – the last group of humans to travel to the moon. (Flown – Personally given to Ary by Ron Evans in 1985; COA can be provided by Ary). 2. Apollo 10 Beta Cloth Mission Patch, Autographed by Crew - Flown, Apollo 10: This Apollo 10 Beta-cloth mission patch was signed by all three members of the Apollo 10 crew, and flew to the moon on the final dress rehearsal for the lunar landing in May, 1969. (Flown – Personally given to Ary by Tom Staford in the early 1990’s; COA can be provided by Ary & Staford). 3. Apollo 12 Beta Cloth Mission Patch, Autographed by CMP Gordon: This Apollo 12 Beta-cloth mission patch was personally signed by the mission’s Command Module Pilot, Dick Gordon. 4. Skylab II Beta Cloth Mission Patch, Autographed by Crew (Flown, Skylab II: This Skylab II Beta-cloth mission patch was personally carried by mission commander Alan Bean aboard the second manned mission to Skylab – America’s first space station. The patch was in space nearly 60 days, and made 858 orbits of the Earth between July – September, 1973. The patch has been signed by all three Skylab II crew members – Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott. (Flown – Given to Ary by Bean just months after the mission; COA can be provided by Ary). 5. Flown Apollo-Soyuz Beta Cloth Mission Patch, Autographed by U.S.